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<blockquote data-quote="gah319" data-source="post: 337015" data-attributes="member: 13154"><p>Working with the aluminum is a learning experiance. First make sure that you have a "good sharp high tooth count blade". The blade I started with has been on the chop saw for years. I make about 6 or 7 cuts with no problems. Then all of a sudden the saw with attached bench jumped up about five inches. The blade lost about 5 carbide teeth and then bent and stopped very suddenly. :? I have hit my thumb with a hammer before, this time it was hit by the angle alum. and the saw base from the bottom instead of from the thumb-nail side. #-o The chop saw now has a funny sound when spinning, think I bent the shaft. So this saw goes out to the barn and will be used to cut the scrap wood out there. The new chop saw has a hold down clamp so I don't have to hold on to anything but the saw handle. [-o< </p><p></p><p>I am using 1/8 inch thick alum. The two cross members for the lid to sit on are now 1/4 inch below the height of the framework the top sits on. Should I add another 1/4 flat piece to bring the frames all to the same height? How about the pieces that are 1/8 inch low. Add a spacer for them also? With wood I would have used a mortise to connect them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gah319, post: 337015, member: 13154"] Working with the aluminum is a learning experiance. First make sure that you have a "good sharp high tooth count blade". The blade I started with has been on the chop saw for years. I make about 6 or 7 cuts with no problems. Then all of a sudden the saw with attached bench jumped up about five inches. The blade lost about 5 carbide teeth and then bent and stopped very suddenly. :? I have hit my thumb with a hammer before, this time it was hit by the angle alum. and the saw base from the bottom instead of from the thumb-nail side. #-o The chop saw now has a funny sound when spinning, think I bent the shaft. So this saw goes out to the barn and will be used to cut the scrap wood out there. The new chop saw has a hold down clamp so I don't have to hold on to anything but the saw handle. [-o< I am using 1/8 inch thick alum. The two cross members for the lid to sit on are now 1/4 inch below the height of the framework the top sits on. Should I add another 1/4 flat piece to bring the frames all to the same height? How about the pieces that are 1/8 inch low. Add a spacer for them also? With wood I would have used a mortise to connect them. [/QUOTE]
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